Redlining – How the Lines on a Map Determined Today's Urban Neighborhoods
An important part of the study of cities and of inequality.
(HOLC map of Philadephia, showing the classification of neighborhoods, 1936-38) via Wikipedia)
You may have heard the term “redlining” in discussions of neighborhoods such as Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, or North Central in Troy. You may have heard that many parts of both cities were once redlined, but that unfair practice died out with mood rings and…
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